corset
- noun
- /ˈkɔrsɪt/
- In the past, women often wore a corset to achieve an hourglass figure.
- wear a corset
- women's corsets
- skirts and corsets
And then you have the inside of the corset which is the lining.
- And then you have the inside of the corset which is the lining.
- And it was Donald Sutherland in a corset and a banyan.
- And today we are going to start a series in which I make a corset from scratch.
- You know, there was a young lady from Thrace whose corsets were too tight to lace.
- It's like this pretty wine satin corset top.
- I just wear a corset, booty shorts and black boots while serving drinks.
- It's a zip HN slinky corset detail bodysuit.
- Next, I went with this corset top.
Examples
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These corsets are so tight, I can hardly breathe.
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Well, I don't envy her if these corsets are anything to go by.
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But do you see our corset starting to come to shape?
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Next, I went with this corset top.
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And then you have the inside of the corset which is the lining.
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And today we are going to start a series in which I make a corset from scratch.
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So this corset would look so amazing with this sweater dress.
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This top fits so good and I always have an issue with how like these corset type tops fit me.
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Well, now we can loosen our corsets and let our hair down.
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Marmee, must you speak to everyone about corsets?
Synonyms
A tight piece of underwear worn around the waist to shape the body
A woman's underwear that shapes and supports the body under clothes
A close-fitting strapless top for women often worn under clothes or as evening wear
A piece of clothing women wear under dresses to shape or support their body
A close-fitting piece of underwear for women that shapes the torso and sits under a dress, often in the past
A tight piece of clothing that squeezes the waist to make it smaller
Compounds
How Restrictive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Corset comes from the French word cors and the Latin corpus, both meaning 'body'. So a corset is something for the body that shapes and supports the torso, which is why the garment fits tightly and changes the body's shape.